Boam, Herbert James, Private, 242753, 2nd/5th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Former service number 63176
Attested under the Lord Derby Scheme in 1915
Called up for service October 1916
Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal
Born Wormhill, Derbyshire
Enlisted Buxton, Derbyshire
Killed in action 27th March 1918 aged 23
Commemorated on the Arras Memorial

1911 Census
Born Peak Dale, Derbyshire
A lime works labourer
Son of Albert, a lime works carpenter, and Elizabeth Boam, of Upper End, Peak Dale, Derbyshire

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